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2023 Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$17,219 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate School for You

With 1,101 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public relations and advertising is the #43 most popular major in Pennsylvania.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Pennsylvania to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for public relations students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public Relations & Advertising

Our analysis found Clarion University of Pennsylvania to be the best value school for public relations and advertising students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Pennsylvania. Clarion University is a small public school located in the remote town of Clarion.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Clarion University are $12,179 per year.

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#2

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Villanova University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Villanova is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Villanova.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Villanova are $21,199 per year.

Villanova also made our Best Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list, coming in at #4.

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#3

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Temple are $18,278 a year.

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Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 1,767
Maryland 42
New Jersey 315
District of Columbia 521
Delaware 1

One of 5 majors within the area of study, public relations and advertising has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Public Relations

Related Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 66,787
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 17,669
Journalism 13,552
Communication & Journalism (Other) 1,128
Publishing 336

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Bill Koplitz.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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